Episode 313 is an Interest Edition featuring Jenny Valentish – Author ‘Everything Harder than Everyone Else’
Jenny Valentish, Author and Journalist, has just released a new book “Everything Harder than Everyone Else”, why some of us push our bodies to extremes.
Jenny is the author of the acclaimed Woman of Substances, a regular contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald and the Saturday Paper and a former Editor of Timeout Melbourne, and Triple J’s J Mag.
When Jenny wrote her book about addiction, she noticed that people who treated drug taking like an Olympic sport would often hurl themselves into a pursuit such as a marathon or ultra-marathon upon getting sober. What stayed constant was the need to push their boundaries.
The book follows people doing the things that most people couldn’t, wouldn’t or shouldn’t. The interviewees in Jenny’s book lead Jenny on a journey through psychology, endurance and the power of obsession, revealing what we can learn about the human condition. I’d call this a handbook into analysing why you do what you do as an endurance athlete.
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“to not hitch your identity to one thing that you do, and to acknowledge that you have all these other kind of facets to your identity”
“To not create this rod for your own back, because eventually, you’re either going to achieve your goal, or you’re going to get injured. And then who are you?”
“We need joy and that drive”
Instagram: @jennyvalentish
Twitter: @JennyValentish
00:00 Start
7:00 Welcome Jenny author of “Everything Harder than Anything Else”
10:00 Her life as an author and the background context behind the book
17:10 What she learnt from the interviewees
21:05 Her Muay Thai Training
21:50 How ADHD is commonly connected with elite athletes
28:00 How dysfunctional backgrounds can influence adulthood pursuits especially Body Building
30:20 Why Jenny explored BDSM for content whilst writing the book
37:15 Chapter 5; Levelling Up (Martial Arts)
41:50 Discussing the Chapter; Anger is the Energy
43:40 Key messages – Final Chapter; The first death, retirement, and reinvention
48:40 How Jenny’s r outlooks are changing off the back of this book
49:35 What Jenny has personally gained writing the book
53:00 What’s next for Jenny
58:26 Finish
Dr. Ashar Khan – Specialist Psychiatrist ADHD Exercise & Sport, Episode 280 of The Physical Performance Show
Charlie Engle – US Ultra Marathon Runner
Kayla Harrison – American Professional Mixed Martial Artist
David Goggins – US Ultra Marathon Runner
Dr Chris Fleming – Associate Professor of Philosophy and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University, Australia
Luke Tyburski – Speaker and Performance Coach
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